Zoo in the Wingst
| Zoo in the Wingst | ||
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| place | Am Olymp 1 21789 Wingst |
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| surface | 4 ha (plus 2 ha of expansion area) | |
| opening | June 22, 1972 | |
| Species focus | Monkeys | |
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| management | Pierre Grothmann | |
| Sponsorship | Tourism GmbH Wingst | |
| Funding organizations | Friends of the Zoo in Wingst e. V. | |
| Member of | VdZ , DTG | |
 Entrance to the zoo in Wingst |
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| www.wingstzoo.de | ||
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Coordinates: 53 ° 43 ′ 34.8 " N , 9 ° 4 ′ 38.5" E
The Wingst zoo is located in the Elbe-Weser triangle in Wingst in Lower Saxony . Both wild animals and domestic animals are kept, partly in a petting zoo , which has been completely renovated since 2009. The design is based on a classic Lower Saxony farm.
In 1972 the animal trading company Ruhe founded the zoo under the name Baby-Zoo . Young animals rejected by their parents were bought, raised by keepers and then given back to other zoos. As other zoos began to take care of their own rearing, it became more and more difficult to pass on the animals. The too small enclosures and new legal regulations led to the bankruptcy of the company in the 1990s.
The Wingst community took over the zoo and has been redesigning it since 2000 with a support association. The focus is on making the facility child-friendly and keeping monkeys and predators. In 2007 the zoo was expanded to include a two-hectare wolf and bear forest. Its design is based on the existing tree population, so that a natural enclosure was created. The wolves come from Tierpark Berlin , the bears lived in the Wingst before and could now move to the new facility. The old bear enclosure on Gibbon Island was rebuilt and has been available to the tigers for a short time since Easter 2007. Their old facility is also being rebuilt and should actually house lions that the Wingst Zoo should receive from the Rostock Zoo. However, the tigers did not accept their new home and so they were returned to their restored old enclosure and the lions took over the old bear enclosure in July 2007.
In 2010, the zoo's friends' association inaugurated a walk-in tiger monkey enclosure and in 2011 a walk-in kangaroo enclosure. Since 2011 there have also been dingoes in the Wingst zoo as an extension of the Wolf Forest. These wild dogs are intended to show that the evolution from wild wolf to pet dog cannot simply be reversed when dogs become wild animals again. In 2012 a white tiger was purchased.
Other residents of the zoo in Wingst are u. a .: Alpacas , guanacos , kangaroos , turtles , snakes , parrots , flamingos , peacocks , white storks , gibbons , capuchin monkeys , ocelots and dwarf otters . There is also a small reptile house. Aquariums no longer exist since 2013.
